The Burrillville Broncos will challenge the Mt. Hope Huskies at 4:45 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Burrillville took a loss when they played away from home on Monday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Davies Career & Tech as they made off with a 15-3 victory. Considering the Broncos have won five matches by more than nine runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Samia Shakan was a standout: she went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, three runs, and two doubles. Those doubles marked the first that she has hit this season. Adrianna Carter was another key player, going a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs, one stolen base, and two RBI.
Burrillville always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .607. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Davies Career & Tech only posted an OBP of .278.
Meanwhile, Mt. Hope got the win against Middletown on Saturday by a conclusive 15-8. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Huskies.
The team relied heavily on Hailey Ferriera, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with one home run, four runs, and three RBI. Those four hits gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Emily Moran, who got on base in four of her five plate appearances with three stolen bases, two RBI, and one double.
Burrillville's win ended an eight-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 5-6. As for Mt. Hope, their victory bumped their record up to 3-9.
Burrillville took their win against Mt. Hope in their previous meeting back in April by a conclusive 18-0 score. Will the Broncos repeat their success, or do the Huskies have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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